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<h4 class="subsection">9.28.1 Command-line Options</h4>

<a name="index-options_002c-MMIX"></a>
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<p>The MMIX version of <code>as</code> has some machine-dependent options.
</p>
<a name="index-_002d_002dfixed_002dspecial_002dregister_002dnames-command-line-option_002c-MMIX"></a>
<p>When &lsquo;<samp>--fixed-special-register-names</samp>&rsquo; is specified, only the register
names specified in <a href="MMIX_002dRegs.html#MMIX_002dRegs">MMIX-Regs</a> are recognized in the instructions
<code>PUT</code> and <code>GET</code>.
</p>
<a name="index-_002d_002dglobalize_002dsymbols-command-line-option_002c-MMIX"></a>
<p>You can use the &lsquo;<samp>--globalize-symbols</samp>&rsquo; to make all symbols global.
This option is useful when splitting up a <code>mmixal</code> program into
several files.
</p>
<a name="index-_002d_002dgnu_002dsyntax-command-line-option_002c-MMIX"></a>
<p>The &lsquo;<samp>--gnu-syntax</samp>&rsquo; turns off most syntax compatibility with
<code>mmixal</code>.  Its usability is currently doubtful.
</p>
<a name="index-_002d_002drelax-command-line-option_002c-MMIX"></a>
<p>The &lsquo;<samp>--relax</samp>&rsquo; option is not fully supported, but will eventually make
the object file prepared for linker relaxation.
</p>
<a name="index-_002d_002dno_002dpredefined_002dsyms-command-line-option_002c-MMIX"></a>
<p>If you want to avoid inadvertently calling a predefined symbol and would
rather get an error, for example when using <code>as</code> with a
compiler or other machine-generated code, specify
&lsquo;<samp>--no-predefined-syms</samp>&rsquo;.  This turns off built-in predefined
definitions of all such symbols, including rounding-mode symbols, segment
symbols, &lsquo;<samp>BIT</samp>&rsquo; symbols, and <code>TRAP</code> symbols used in <code>mmix</code>
&ldquo;system calls&rdquo;.  It also turns off predefined special-register names,
except when used in <code>PUT</code> and <code>GET</code> instructions.
</p>
<a name="index-_002d_002dno_002dexpand-command-line-option_002c-MMIX"></a>
<p>By default, some instructions are expanded to fit the size of the operand
or an external symbol (see <a href="MMIX_002dExpand.html#MMIX_002dExpand">MMIX-Expand</a>).  By passing
&lsquo;<samp>--no-expand</samp>&rsquo;, no such expansion will be done, instead causing errors
at link time if the operand does not fit.
</p>
<a name="index-_002d_002dno_002dmerge_002dgregs-command-line-option_002c-MMIX"></a>
<p>The <code>mmixal</code> documentation (see <a href="MMIX_002dSyntax.html#mmixsite">mmixsite</a>) specifies that global
registers allocated with the &lsquo;<samp>GREG</samp>&rsquo; directive (see <a href="MMIX_002dPseudos.html#MMIX_002dgreg">MMIX-greg</a>) and
initialized to the same non-zero value, will refer to the same global
register.  This isn&rsquo;t strictly enforceable in <code>as</code> since the
final addresses aren&rsquo;t known until link-time, but it will do an effort
unless the &lsquo;<samp>--no-merge-gregs</samp>&rsquo; option is specified.  (Register merging
isn&rsquo;t yet implemented in <code>ld</code>.)
</p>
<a name="index-_002dx-command-line-option_002c-MMIX"></a>
<p><code>as</code> will warn every time it expands an instruction to fit an
operand unless the option &lsquo;<samp>-x</samp>&rsquo; is specified.  It is believed that
this behaviour is more useful than just mimicking <code>mmixal</code>&rsquo;s
behaviour, in which instructions are only expanded if the &lsquo;<samp>-x</samp>&rsquo; option
is specified, and assembly fails otherwise, when an instruction needs to
be expanded.  It needs to be kept in mind that <code>mmixal</code> is both an
assembler and linker, while <code>as</code> will expand instructions
that at link stage can be contracted.  (Though linker relaxation isn&rsquo;t yet
implemented in <code>ld</code>.)  The option &lsquo;<samp>-x</samp>&rsquo; also imples
&lsquo;<samp>--linker-allocated-gregs</samp>&rsquo;.
</p>
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<a name="index-_002d_002dno_002dstubs-command-line-option_002c-MMIX"></a>
<p>If instruction expansion is enabled, <code>as</code> can expand a
&lsquo;<samp>PUSHJ</samp>&rsquo; instruction into a series of instructions.  The shortest
expansion is to not expand it, but just mark the call as redirectable to a
stub, which <code>ld</code> creates at link-time, but only if the
original &lsquo;<samp>PUSHJ</samp>&rsquo; instruction is found not to reach the target.  The
stub consists of the necessary instructions to form a jump to the target.
This happens if <code>as</code> can assert that the &lsquo;<samp>PUSHJ</samp>&rsquo;
instruction can reach such a stub.  The option &lsquo;<samp>--no-pushj-stubs</samp>&rsquo;
disables this shorter expansion, and the longer series of instructions is
then created at assembly-time.  The option &lsquo;<samp>--no-stubs</samp>&rsquo; is a synonym,
intended for compatibility with future releases, where generation of stubs
for other instructions may be implemented.
</p>
<a name="index-_002d_002dlinker_002dallocated_002dgregs-command-line-option_002c-MMIX"></a>
<p>Usually a two-operand-expression (see <a href="MMIX_002dPseudos.html#GREG_002dbase">GREG-base</a>) without a matching
&lsquo;<samp>GREG</samp>&rsquo; directive is treated as an error by <code>as</code>.  When
the option &lsquo;<samp>--linker-allocated-gregs</samp>&rsquo; is in effect, they are instead
passed through to the linker, which will allocate as many global registers
as is needed.
</p>
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